Archive for December, 2009



Burberry designer wins biggest prize at British Fashion Awards

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

The British Fashion Awards concluded with a bang last week with Burberry’s creative mogul Christopher Bailey clinching the prestigious “Designer of the Year” award for the second time in his career. Bailey also won the same award in 2005.
The 38-year old Yorkshireman has been getting a lot of accolades this year, including the MBE in [...]



Paris court shuts down fashion house Christian Lacroix

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

A Paris bankruptcy court approved massive cutbacks for once-flourishing fashion house Christian Lacroix, which currently lost nearly all of its employees, with all of its shops headed for closure.
The company will now stop producing ready to wear lines after potential buyers of the company decided to pass on to the opportunity thus going beyond the [...]